Welcome Autumn (Fall)

Welcome Autumn, how I love you! The change from summer to this wonderful season is so subtle and yet... There is a certain change in how I feel, a change as if my soul is waking up from its eternal summer siesta and feels alive again. Is it the air, the sounds, the colours, the autumn fruits, nuts, berries, the children going back to school, the end of holidays, the promise of cozy evenings, hot chocolate? I think it really is a bridge to winter, a gradual aperture to the wonderful and magical season of Christmas!

.....a Canvas to the Imagination

Here is a framed quote/tag I just made : )
Enjoy!

Creativity is.....

I could not resist sharing this beautiful quote/picture I
found on the internet. Creativity indeed is one of life's
magical forces!

Faith verses

I was inspired to write this when I saw this picture...


















Picture from shared files



Keep your Faith and Hope will follow,

You'll have Peace and Love when you Believe.

You can move mountains if you have Faith,

Then look at all you can achieve!

~Doreen~

A Special 60th Wedding Anniversary

It would have been your 60th and what a celebration
that would have been!
But yet I know you're happiest where you are and I imagine both of you holding hands
and looking down on us as we carry on with your memory in our hearts forever.

No words can ever describe
How beautiful you were,
No paintbrush can capture
Your precious smile...
Yet you are forever in our hearts
For you have shown us how to love,
And we ask you, dears Mum and Dad,
To send us your blessings from above.
~Doreen~

Written by me but thinking of my sister Sue and brother David who I'm sure will share my same thoughts.
Thanks Sue for forwarding this beautiful picture : )

The Storm

I know we're in spring and getting closer to summer but I love to think of rainy days when the warmer weather sets in, it kind of gives me a lift to think the hot weather won't last forever! You can tell I prefer winter : )

I wrote this poem after the last rainfall a few weeks ago...

The Storm

Thunder's growling
In the skies above,
Lightning joins in
Like a hand in glove,
A spectacle to look at,
What a display...
Rain has now
Come out to play!
What is first a pitter patter
Is soon a downpour,
When I look at the heavens
I'm sure there'll be more...
One great sheet of sky
Flashes with lightning;
I hear crashing thunder,
It's all quite so frightening!
Yet as I watch and marvel
At such a wondrous sight
From this side of the door
I enjoyed the storm tonight!
Doreen Scerri © 2011

Somewhere over the Rainbow...

I just about caught this rainbow before it faded away...

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You can see where it ends, just behind the Sanctuary dedicated to

the Assumption (Nativity of Our Lady/Tal-Herba) which was built

in 1610 in an area where an old church had existed even before the

1565 siege. In 1673 it was closed to public worship, then used as a

sacristy for the newly built church.

In the 1770's its altar, with the facade around the altar piece,

were covered in marble while a few years,

later it was dedicated by Bishop Labini on the 23rd March 1783.
Sometime before 1644, while retaining this small Marian shrine,

another church, dedicated to the Nativity of our Lady,

was built in front of its main entrance.
Today hardly anything remains of the 1610 church.

The image of Our Lady was crowned on the 7th August 1910.

Later, in 1849, it was declared a public oratory.
Again the church was enlarged on a cruciform plan during the 1920s.

Quite a Pot of Gold

that never seems to run out of Blessings!

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The Hand of God

My daughter and I were on the rooftop

not quite an hour ago to get our laundry down

and I commented on how lovely the clouds were.

My daughter was quick to say that they could very well be

my next subject to write about, 'about how the hand of God paints the skies'.

I don't think I need write a poem, she wrote it herself for me,

I just took the pictures.

Thanks Chelle : )

Thoughts in Haiku

As Lava erupts from the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier,
I think in Haiku (this is my very first Haiku)...

Volcano erupts
Monster ash cloud moves south east -
Passengers stranded.

Pictures are from my shared files

God's Miracle of Life

Have you ever found yourself walking quietly in a field, a garden or the countryside? How soothing to have your thoughts clear, you feel refreshed and renewed. It is like you are rediscovering yourself and your special place in this world...you are alone and yet you are not. You feel God's presence and every significant detail around you is important...the leaves on the evergreens, the bare branches waiting their turn to be dressed with lovely foliage, the growing plants, old trunks reaching up to the sky...and among all of this you are re-born!

And if you cannot reach your own 'garden' space, you can still experience these special moments...just find a quiet chair, sofa, rocker, or your favourite reading corner, close your eyes and take a few deep breaths, then imagine yourself walking along a quiet path among beautiful flowers, shrubs, trees, and experience God's miracle of life as you feel how important and special you are in His Garden of Love.

Doreen

And as I walked on, the trees greeted me...

God is the experience of looking at a tree and saying, "Ah!"

~Joseph Campbell~

There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden,
but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.
~Minnie Aumonier~

As the trees look up to the heavens,
And nod with the morning dew,
Quietly they awaken
As they look down at me and you.

Let us lift our eyes with wonder,
Let us look up and see
The beauty of God's creation
With each and every tree.
~Doreen Scerri~

Wordless Wednesday...Wonderful World of flowers

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